Articles by Ethan Webb
Private Equity Acquired Nearly 600 Autism Therapy Sites in a Decade, Study Finds
New JAMA Pediatrics research tracks the rapid expansion of PE-backed ABA providers and where they chose to set up shop.
North Carolina Wants to Break the ABA Industry’s Diagnosis-to-Treatment Pipeline
A proposed self-referral ban would force providers to choose: diagnose autism patients or treat them—but not both.
A Master’s Degree in One Month: The BACB Tightens Certification Standards as Competency-Based Programs Test the Limits
Faced with applicants completing graduate degrees in weeks, the behavior-analyst certification board draws a line—and confronts deeper questions about what…
Viventium Acquires Apploi, Creating a One-Stop Shop for Healthcare Workforce Management
The deal unites two longtime partners in an industry battling historic staffing shortages.
The Fraud Factories: How ABA Became a Target in South Florida and Minnesota
Two states, two very different schemes, and a shared vulnerability in autism services that bad actors have learned to exploit.